Lengi
Old Norse Dictionary - lengiMeaning of Old Norse word "lengi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lengi
- adv., the compar. lengr is used in a temp. sense, lengra in a local sense, see langr; [Dan. længe]:—long, for a long time; lengi hefir mér þat í hug verit, Nj. 2; hversu lengi? 141; eigi lengi, Ld. 168; of lengi, too long; svá lengi sem, as long as, Rb. 64; ok eru þeir þá miklu lengst niðri, by far the longest time, id.; ok þolir eigi inni lengr, could no longer ‘thole’ or endure it, Fær. 269, passim; lengr en skemr, rather long than short, for a good while, Bs. i. 155; til þess at lengr en skemr frestaðisk þat níðingsverk, Al. 105: á-lengr (q. v.), hereafter: lengr er, until; lengr er lyriti er varit at lögbergi, K. Þ. K. (Kb.) i. 18; lengr er þeir hafa sýnt biskupi, 22: with gen., lengi vetrar, for a long part of the winter, Fbr. i. 334; lengi æfi, during a long part of one’s life, 224; lengi dags, lengi nætr, and so on.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚾᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- compar.
- comparative.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- gen.
- genitive.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- temp.
- temporal.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Kb.
- Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
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